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Misery vs Patience - What's the difference?

misery | patience | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between misery and patience

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while patience is the quality of being patient.

As a proper noun Patience is

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misery

English

Noun

(miseries)
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
    • Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  • (Extreme) poverty.
  • Greed; avarice.

    • Synonyms

    * see

    Derived terms

    * put out of one's misery

    Related terms

    * commiserate * miser * miserable

    patience

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being patient.
  • Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).

    • Related terms

    * passion * passionate * passive * passivity * patient

    Antonyms

    * impatience

    External links

    * *

    See also

    *garden patience ----